Monday, October 31, 2022

Rogues Gallery (1944)

A bright, breezy and fairly sassy little crime drama.



Patsy (Robin Raymond) and Eddie (Frank Jenks), a reporter and photographer pair, are under a bit of pressure from their editor. They are sent to interview the head of a company which has developed a listening device (actually created by Professor Reymolds (H.B. Warner) which can eavesdrop on any conversation. They get involved in a complicated plot involving murder, corpses which vanish and reappear and stolen blueprints.

A flawed film but one that moves so fast you don't have time to dwell on it. Patsy and Eddie makes a great sassy double act. The tone is light and energetic, a great little time waster.